Gun sling retainer



June 5, 1956 A. c. CARLSON GUN SLING RETAINER Filed Feb. 14, 1952 Andrew C. Carlson Fig.4

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Application February 14, 1952, Serial No. 221,591

3A Claims. (Chia-e2) This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in retainers for sling-equipped guns, and particularly a retainer for a gun which is adapted for use on the shoulder portion of a garment such as, for example, a hunters coat, whereby to effectively retain a gun which is hung by the user upon his Shoulder by way of the gun sling.

An important object of this invention is to provide a retainer for a gun sling which may be readily and conveniently attached to the shoulder portion of a hunters coat or the like and which embodies means for preventing the sling from accidentally slipping olf the users shoulder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gun sling retainer which is characterized by a tang which is tractable and yis thus susceptible of being fashioned and formed into a sling retaining hook, said tang, for such purposes being in the form of a strip of malleable metal, whereby at least one end may be bent up at an angle to the body portion thereof to thereby form the stated retaining hook.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a gun sling retainer comprising a suitably small novelly constructed jacket completely enveloping a malleable metal strip, the jacket embodying attaching flaps whereby said jacketed strip or tang may be readily secured to the shoulder portion of a hunters coat or a similar garment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure l is a perspective View of a gun sling retainer embodying the invention and showing the same secured to the shoulder portion of a garment with a gun sling associated therewith and held thereby;

Figure 2 is a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, of the gun sling retainer per se and showing the retainer when it is flat from end to end;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure l, looking in the direction of the arrows; and,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 8 denotes the gun sling retainer, which, as stated, is designed and adapted to rest on and be secured flatwise to the shoulder portion of a garment 10 such as a hunters coat. The retainer embodies an encasing jacket or casing 12 of any suitable pliant material, such as leather or a durable fabric, and is made up of duplicate paddle shaped layers of leather or the like 14 and 16 which are stitched together by stitching 18 situated slightly inwardly of their respective marginal edges and extending completely around said edges. The finished jacket provides a relatively wide major portion 20 and a narrower minor porstiongi22, the Ilongitudinal edge portions of said wideiportion 20 providingattaehingraps.

gThe jacket; 12.1completely envelopes. an `elongated, substantially rectangular tang 24 which takes the formofa malleable metal` strip of a length wherein, its respective ends-.eachengagesanl adjacent transverse end wall ofthe jacket;.12 each of ,which yis detlnedby-` the stitchings' 18. Duetto its malleable, properties, I,the tang 24 is susceptible of sbeing fashioned ,intoa retaining hook `when the Vend `enveloped by the minor` portion ofthe jacket is `bentiup Vateangle.;as.-,sho.wn infFigure 1. Altepnatively theIang rmay bebent -back or downagainnsogas toe-assumera' at position from end to end.

In order that the gun sling retainer may be readily secured to a hunters coat or similar garment, the stated attaching llaps are provided with longitudinally spaced apertures 26. The stated liaps are conveniently denoted by the numerals 25 and 27 and are, as shown, commensurate in length with the length of said major portion 20. Thus the retainer 8 may be fastened to the shoulder portion of the hunters coat by way of suitable stitchings 28.

When sewn on the shoulder portion of the garment in much the manner of an epaulet, the retainer 8 is in position to serve its intended function. The free end can be bent up at an angle so that the portion so disposed forms a retaining hook whereby a gun may be slung upon the shoulder of the user by way of a sling 30 and the sling will stay in gun carrying position on the shoulder of the user. When it is not needed, the bent up portion of the retainer 8 may be arranged so as to assume an over-all ilat position from end to end, and the free end portion will overlie the shoulder portion at the point indicated by the numeral 32.

lt is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in the shape, size and arrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A retainer for a gun sling or similar shoulder strap comprising a substantially flat relatively wide strip of malleable material one end portion of which is adapted to conform to and be attached to a shoulder portion of a garment, the other end portion being adapted to be free of attachment so that it may be bent up by hand to perform as a strap retaining hook and may be optionally bent down again to assume a position in a common plane with the strip proper, and means carried by said strip, whereby the latter may be superimposed upon and secured to said garment, said means being in the form of a jacket, the latter enveloping and completely encasing said strip, said jacket being of pliant leather and having attaching flaps, said flaps being marginally arranged and provided with eyelets such as may be used in sewing the jacket to said garment.

2. For use on the shoulder portion of a hunters coat or the like, an attachment of a size to accommodate a gun sling comprising a substantially flat relatively wide strip of malleable material ample in length for satisfactory attachment to a shoulder portion of the stated coat and of a width suicient to provide a substantial retainer for the stated sling, a pliant jacket made up of duplicate layers of the stated material superimposed upon each other and completely stitched together around their marginal edges, said jacket being wide at one end and narrow at the opposite end, said malleable strip fitting into said jacket and being of a length substantially commensurate with the length of the jacket and having one end portion tting into the narrow end ofthe jacket and abutting the corresponding transverse end of the jacket and having. its opposite end abutting the other transverse end of the jacket, the wideV end of said jacket providing ilexible attaching flaps, said flaps extending beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge portions of said strip and being thus adapted for attachment to the aforementioned shoulder portion.

3. A sling retaining attachment for use on the shoulder portion of a hunting coat or the like comprising a pliant leather jacket having attaching portions, and a relatively wide elongated tang encased in said jacket, the outward end of said tang being tractable and manually bendable from a normal down position to an up position, whereby said tang may be maintained flat from end to end or transformed in general L-shaped form, in which latter position a sling retaining hook is provided, said jacket beingrelatively wide at its inner end portion, whereby to References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 4,348 Sharp Apr. 18, 1871 639,173 Heckman Dec. 12, 1899 654,668 Pergande July 31, 1900 1,528,830 Hung Mar. 10, 1925 1,589,228 Robb June 15, 1926 1,720,809 Wallin July 16, 1929 1,872,232 Borchert Aug. 16, 1932 

